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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-27
VOLUME XXI.
SALES

RH VIRTUE OF sUNDRY wRIrS OF .Ifa,
-. - kterri sGcias aud yeEI. EoPoR. issued out OF
and 10 me directed, there will be exposed - Pub,
nc nc sale, at the Mansion House in Johnstown. on
?. ~ the following Real Estate. 20 wit:
All the right, title aud interest Of William Gus
land lying and ocing sitnated ia RIchIanf own
snip, cambria county. Pa, bounded and described
thence due south = SeTshcs 70 ehsstnus wAasSt oaS
thence due west ~ perches 20 a post. thence due
or late the property OF u. p storm due west iao
perehes 10 maple, thence south rs degrees west
y perches 70 post, thence by land OF Jacob Relg-
hard due north - perches TO aehestnut oak thenes
by land OF David King due east 20 perches 10 a
spanish oak thence by land Of Patrick Keelsn due
east lOl perches 10 the place Of beginning contain
S ~ aercs strict measure, having IN here1n erect
co n Z Wo story plank house and frame ba m now
IN .ne occupancy Of William Custer.
- AisSo-All the right title and interest OF VIII
lam custer, OF, In and 10 all that certain tract or
parcel Of land situated IN Richland Jownshfr
Cam0ria county Pa bounded aud described as
tin Custer, thence Dorth degrees east Oh. pSr
ehes TO stones, thence by land OF samuel F1enner
by original tract ot which this Z. a part south ?
degrees west VS. perches 70 stones, thence by
land OF Marin Custer, east IS and -- perches
q the place Of begi ming containing 81 acres ana
loo percnes. Taken In execution and 70 be sold al
the suit OF samuel g. Ream.
ALSO An the right, title and Interest OF John
BurKet OF, IN and 20 oil that certain Tot OF ground
situated IN Comparable Borough. Cambria coun-
y, Pa, bounded and described as fol,ows via
Having an alley on the north, lot OF David Brand
ltnger on the south, aud fronting on Main street
on tue east Snd Others on the west, having there
ON erected two story frame house and other out
buildings, now In the occupancy Of Richard VIII.
Jams. Taken IN execution aud % be sold al the
suit OF Eliza J. Cohtck, Acm'x OF l.. B. Cohtck
deceased.
AI-SO-All the right, title ard interest Of VIII
uam : Patterson. %, Ia and 20 all that certain
two lots o. ground situated In the Township Of
St'nyereek, Cambria county. Pa, bounded AID
described - follows. viz fronting on the Eedfori
fike on the south. and running back ar alley
on the north, adjoining lot OF Cambria Iron 20.
on the east, and -- street the west. Taken
IN execution ard 10 be sold at the cult Of Maria
Naylaud.
Al->O-All the right, title aud interest OF J. "
hcighNrd. o. Ia and 90 all that certain piece or
parcel ot ground situated Ia Jackson township,
cambria county, Pa, bounded and described a.
follows. VIA adjoining land % Cambria Iron Co.
on the east and south on the ives by land % Eli
ward horncr and on the north by William Dow
ney, containing So acres more or less. about %
acres cleared. having thereon erected two story
frame house and frame harn, now Ia the occupan-
ey o. j. W keighard. Taken tn execution and 10
DC Sold az the suit OF Jacob Reighard
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Tt Would Keep the Court Busy.

A comical case was recently brought
before the Pro ate C urt in this district
A petit on was referred to the court
to put woman under q conservator, on
the ground that she proposed marrying
worthless fellow, who WAS In pursuit of
little money She had saved. It does
dot appear that she was of unsound
mind except in this particular direc-
ton.
Unluckily the suit was withdrawn. and
we shall never know whether a court of
probate can bePut to any such useful pur-
pose a the petitioners claimed. II it Is
10 place every one under a conservator
who designs marrying foolishly 1t VIII
certainly be a very busy tribunal
ILitchfeld Conn Enquirer.
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THEIR SIN FOLLOWED THEM
A Romantic Story of Wrono nm, G,

n romantic story of Wrong and Sbame
Many years ago the president of one
OF the New York railroads had a very
cleVer private secretary, who also, in
ms turn, became q railroad president
he had wife and three children.
his patron and employer had wife.
VINO Is a sister to one of the richest men
IN America and in the world. The
secretary met her and the twain were
as fax and flame. They cast all honor
and duty aside for one another. and
away they went together.
she being immensely wealthy. and
he beng what may be called rich. they
doubtless thought that they could defy
the conventionalities. They wandered
to Japan, Egypt, Greece, Russia, seek
ing, IN the excitement of change, relief
from self-reproach. The woman, think
ing that time had wiped out memory,
returned.
She had beauty, a great name. i'm
mense wealth; society should receive
her. She dropped the role of penitent.
ceased to leave cards where she dreaded
they would not be returned, and COM
menced the formation of a new social
circle She had a box at the opera.
cost turnouts, gorgeous entertain
ments.
But before the season was half over
she had to admit that something besides
money Is needed to obtain a sure footing
IN New York society.
Her plan had proven failure. She
determined to make another. She did:
she made two or three in rs many OF
our leading cities, always with the same
result.
Then she determined to go to Paris
She furnished a handsome apartment.
paid herrespects at the American laoa-
tlon, returned the call of the minister's
wife, attended church assiduously.
They were erecting a new church for
the American colony. She went to DIR.
Morgan, presented many letters, told
him her desire to obtain proper pres
entation in the society of the colony,
and offered him donation to his church
of 100000 francs if he would assist
her.
The worthy doctor personally pre-
sented her to several ladies of his
flock. One of these returned her call.
The Sunday following the magdalen
made a return call. After her departure
an old friend of the hostess whispered:
''Is it possible you receive Mrs. So
and-so here? Don't you know" etc.
etc.
In less than week the whole society
of the American colony was closed to
her, and the church lost a donation.
Still she remained in Paris-where
else could she go?-and her gay and
withered lover, accompanied by his two
daughters, came to share her apart
ments and her solitude.
A few months ago he left her for a
business trip to this country. He died
a few days back on his return voyage.
at small town on the South coast of
England, with not a friend near him
More lonely than a widow she has been
for years; what is she now?- Exchange.
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alone in this bleak world Do / seem
too old for you, Lucille? Believe me
dear, will cherish you as the apple of
my eye"
What other fond nonsense he whis-
pered over the dark head pillowed on his
breast it behooves us not to know
Presently he said:
There is one thing more. Lucille.
You heard my sister mention a woman's
name- You have doubtless heard her
say, too, that | never meant to marry.
Perhaps the two things are connected in
your mind. / did love that woman
long years ago, dear. But she was un-
worthy. 1t deep wound thought
it would never heal-but it is oblterated
ow-gone-forgotten- the day
when l found my poor little girl alone
in that Tyrolean inn! Is all clear to YOU
now, Lucille mine?"
In words Beverley had no reply. but
he seemed to wish for none, her ewes
spoke.
Suddenly, blushing rosy red, she dis
engaged herself from the strong encir-
cling arm.
"Oh, what will Mrs. Valentine saw"
she nurmured. She will be So
so"
. Disappointed" supplemented Bev-
erley. Poor Clara I'm afraid so !"
and he laughed. but she is excellent
at bottom. She will get over it,
dear"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-27
Electricity in Horse Tanning.

Electricity has been put to new use
In France.
General Boulanger has recently or
dered the trial of a method Of inducing
vicious and restless horses to stand
quietly while being saod.
The method is Que to the knowledge
and ing nuity of N. lie Carl aine Place,
and is said to have proved eminently
successful. The arrangemt Mt merely
consists of an induction coil. a dry bat
terry aud an arrangement for giving "a
shock of gradual, ed intensity to the ami
NAL under treatment.
The most vicious horses which could
be found in the cavalry school at Sau-
mur suhsided into quietness upon the
the application of this device.
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His rreten.ions Taken Down.

A professor in a New York medical
college called the attention of his class
to a man who had applied for medical
advice
''Now, gentlemen" said the pro-
fessor, will you be kind enough to
look at this patient closely, and see if
you can tell what is really the matter
with him. Look at his eyes, the shape
of his head, the expression of his
features.
4" You detect nothing, and 1 do not
wonder at it, for, gentlemen, let me
assure you that it requires many years
of actual experience. 1t takes the eye
of the practiced physician to detect at
glance the malady of the patient
% am no more acquainted with this
man than you are, yet rs soon as
looked at him L saw that he was a deaf
mute"
The students indulged in exclama-
tions of admiration. AS soon as these
had subsided the supposed deaf mute
opened his mouth and spoke:
Il say, boss, L hope you viii excuse
me, but it's my brother who is deaf and
dumb. He is outside waiting to know
if he shall come in. Shall L fetch
him imp"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-27
THE wAsHERwoMAs,s FRIEND.

In very humble cot,
In rather quiet spot.
In the suds and in the soap,
Worked a woman fill of hope;
working, singing, all alone,
In - s'rt of undertone,
IN Saviour for a friend,
win keep me to the end"
Sometimes happening along.
] had heard the semi-Song,
And l often used 10 smile,
More in sympathy than guile;
But / never said a word
In regard to what heard,
As she sang about her friend
would keep her TO the end.
Not in sorrow nor in glee
Working all day long was she,
AS her children three or four,
Played around her on the floor:
But in monotoues the song
She was humming all day long,
4" With Saviour for friend,
he will keep me to the end"
It's song do not sing,
For l scarce believe a thing
OF the stories that are told
OF the miracles Of old;
But l know that her belief
is the anodyne OF grief,
And will always be friend
That will keep her to the end.
Just trifle lonesor.G = she,
just as poor as poor could be,
But her spirits always rose,
Like the bubbles in the clothes,
And though widowed and alone,
Cheered her with the monotone,
OF Saviour and a friend
Who will keep her 10 the end.
have seen her rub and scrub
On the washboard in the tub,
While the baby, sopped in suds,
Rolled and tunbled in the Guds,
Or was padding in the pools
With old scissors stuck in spools,
She still humming of her friend
Who would keep her TO the end.
Human hopes and human creeds
Have their root in human needs,
And / would not wish to strip
From that washerwoman's lip
Any song that she can sing,
ANY hope that songs can bring:
For the woman has a friend
Who will keep her to the end.
Utica Press.
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Adjusting An Incompatibility.

An unusual advertisement appears
in Vienna newspaper.
"a respectable married couple, of
whom the husband is no dancer, de-
sire to make the acquaintance of an
equally respectable couple where the
wife is no dancer, in order to visit balls
in company"
What could be more practical than
this way of adjusting a slight incom-
patibility?
The two couples-supposing an
agreement to be come to-wilI attend
an evening party; there viii be mutual
exchanges of husbands and wives for
a few hours; the dancers viii dance
and the non-dancers will chat. and
so there viii be satisfaction all
round.
The arrangement looks q charming
one Pail Mall Gazette.
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A Striking Resemblance.

Wife: " Can you tell me, my dear,
why a widower is like a young
baby7"
Husband: H-m-er-because
because"
Wife: " The first six months he cries
a great deal, the second six months he
begins to take notice, and he always
experiences great difficulty IN getting
safely through his second summer"
-TLife.
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Potent Poker.

A pleasant party of four young men
were on their way from n visit to the
city.
In " knocking around" as they
termed it, there had been a com
mingi;ng OF funds TO such an extent
that when they came 70 take aa account
OF stock 1t was found impossible to
ascertain the indebtedness existing
between each one of the party and the
other three.
As an easy solution of the difficulty
they agreed to divide equally all. the
available funds and then start In even
On game Of poker
When tlle four young men reached
jamestown one of them had all the
money jamestown Journal
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Correct.

Teacher: " Miss Sinnico, please parse
the sentence, Adolphus married
Caroline -
Miss s.: Well, 'Adolphus' is q
noun, because 1t is the name of q,
thing; married is a conjunction,
because it joins Adolphus and Caro-
line, and Caroline Is verb, cause
it governs the noun"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-27
Diamond Expectations.

A geologist, who has studied up the
subject, says that diamonds In plenty
Will yet be found in Georgia, IN belt
that he locates between Atlanta and
the Savannah River, about one hun
dred miles in length and from ten to
thirty miles In breadth.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-27
Heavenly MIX.

= Miss Fussanfeather drank glass
of milk at Mrs. Crimsonbeak' last
evening.
When asked her opinion she said it
was just heavenly.
She explained to her ma when
she got home that she said so
because it was so blue Yonkers
Statesman
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A considerate Book Agent.

Book agents are proverbially
'' cheeky" but the agent who had
fight with Dr. Nall, after getting
well g done up " by the doctor,
called in the latter to bind up his
wounds.-[Memphi Times.
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.- tvrtr, 'gsU tu p.'v.f1re .. -. sl 50
tf' AZ % Iot paid Ntthin ; months n IS
e. 10 80 uUgpaid within months 400
d. q not paid stshiu the year. ? Is
-. p-rsuns rcsIttng outside OF the county
q. 80 additional per year VIII be charged TO
pA!r-Iu ng event St.l the above terms be de-
from and th's" Who ton consult their
p~,v..,.rr,ts b. pay a. Ia .t,ivance must not ex
QN. 81 r. ..Iactd Hu The same footing az those who
Pc ~ tBIs TACT be distinctly understood from
M uiac prwArd .
,pfa SHur ba. -rstt s'ftrsS 80 otherwise
u a sc.Itwas--i,.c ~ Too snort.
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EBENSBURG. PA. FRIDAY MAY 27, 1887

row. If you will be ready will take
you directly to my sisters home-
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~ TER Ms OF SALE.

One-thfrd Of .fe purchase money q De paio
vhfu NE IrCVetty ls knOcked down sid the re-
,,ofntns ~ O. thirds % confirmation OF the de d
JOSEPH A. GRAY, Sheriff.
Snerfnfs once. Ebepsburs, Pa
May l3, 1857
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This Esrneiy has the endorsement Of Continental
Physicians and Government Sanitary Couuraissions
a. vel ~ the thousands OF sufferers 10 whom il has
brought relief II has saved others-al who have
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-03-10
Good Rules to Follow,


First, be honest and truthful. All de-
ponds upon this.
If you have work to do, do it cheer
fully.
If you go out on business, attend to
the matter promptly, and then as
promptly go about your own business.
Don't stop to tell stories.
If you have place of business be
there during business hours.
No one can get rich by sitting around
stores and saloons.
If you have to labor for living, re-
mcmbcr thut one hour in the morning is
better than two at night.
DO not NEEDLE with any business you
know nothing of.
a good business habit and reputation
is always money.
Hclp yourself, and others will help
you.
BE obliging.
DO not be in too great haste to get
rich.
DO not spond time in idleness.
Be kind.
Learn to say no. There is no nooes-
slty of swapping it out, but say it firmly
and respectfully.
Learn to think and act for yourself.
BE valiant.
Help others when you can.
heep ahead rather than behind time,
not it rs easier to keep ahead than to
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-03-10
SHE USED 4 BOONiERNSj;.
\ Young Wife Tests Her Husbands Love
and becomes Sorry for 1t.
lFrOm the Now NOrli World J

(From the New York World.
Annie Ffatf, tie young and pretty wife
of Saloonkcepor August Pfa1l, OF No. 19S
Avenue A, wasn't quite sure that hel
husbands love was all her own, and in
putting him to the test she passed
through an experience which she entirely
unexpected. Saturday evening Pfaii
found her moaning piteously on the
sofa, and in answer to his questions she
said that having asccrtained that he did
not love her, she had swallowed n dose
of Trough on Rats" Instantly the hus-
band was on his knees beside her and
calling her pet names, and she was on
the point of telling him that she had
been II crely joking when he dashed out
of the house, and, meeting Policeman
Schmidt, Of the Fourteenth Precinct,
requested him to ring for al ambulance,
as his wife had taken poison and was
dying. After the policeman had sum-
mOned an ambulance he went to the
apartments and made n
prisoner of Mrs. Pfaff on the charge of
attempting suicide.
The ambulance surgeon looked down
her throat, slapped her on the back and
walked her up and down the floor at the
rate of six miles an hour. Then she was
taken down the stairs and placed in the
ambulance, although she protested that
she had not taken poison. At Bellevue
Hospital she screamed when she saw the
doctor with the stomach lamp, but she
couldn't help herself, and the doctors
disgust can be imagined when not a
trace of poison was discharged from her
stomach.
She was discharged and she was going
home with hor delighted husband when
Policeman Schmidt intorposed. She was
his prisoner for attempting suicide, and
as he had already reported the case to
his captain he was compelled to arrest
her, and use the husband, who had given
him the information, as complainant.
Mrs. Pfaff remained in the sitting room
of the Fifth street station house until
Essex Market Court was opened yester-
day morning, when she was arraigned
before Justice ORcilly, and alter she
had told her story she was discharged.
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AN INTERESTING "IF."
iosSible Contingencies Which May Aris
Out of Rhode islands Vote


Out of Rhode islands Vote.
There is prospect that little Rhode
Island, that already has a numerical rep
resentatlon in the Senate equal to that
OF the largest State, may have an inhu-
enco OF the largest character in the next
House OF Representatives In case there
should be no choice for President at the
polls i'll 1888 the election would be
thrown into tho House of Representa-
tlves, the vote being taken by States,
each State having one vote, and the can
thdate having Il majority of all the votes
being selected. There was contest over
the election last fall in the second Rhode
Island district which was settled by the
House ordering new election. That
election will be held April 6, and on the
choice then made may hang the next
Presidency. The majority of the States
is twenty. In thc Fiftieth Congress if
the vote for President is taken by States,
each State voting according to the party
preferences of majority of it's dclega-
ton, the Republicans will have nineteen
States and the Democrats will have
seventeen, classified as follows:
Republican California, Col
Orado, illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ne
braska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont,
Virginia, Wisconsin.
Democratic States-Alabama, Arkan-
sas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mary
land, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennes-
see, Texas, West Virginia.
New Hampshire is not included in
either Of these tables, as its delegation is
divided evenly, SO that it would have no
vote in the emergency contemplated.
Rhode Island is also omitted, for the
compleXiOE OF rs delegation is not yet
determined. 1t has two representatives
in Congress. One OF these is Ropubli-
can, and ii the other, who is to be elected
in April, shall he a Republican, the Re-
publicans will then have the twenty
States necessary 10 majority, and
would SO elect Republican President.
If he shall be Il Democrat, the dclega-
ton from Rhode Island would be Il tie,
without a vote, and the Republicans
would then he left with their nineteen
States or still one short of majority /;
whilo the Democrats would be no better
oil than they are now. The result of the
election in April will be awaited with
great interest, rs the second district Of
little Rhode island may have tho dis
position of the next Presidency in it's
hands.
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ON THE CARIBBEAN SEA.
\ Tale Of Modern Slave Trading Expe-
uiiiOn
OFrom the Detroit Free Press

QrOm the Detroit Free Prcss)
propose herewith to relate the histo-
ry OF II crime committed fourteen years
ago i'll the city Of Jacksonville, Fla, and
OF which | have had guilty knowledge
ever since. When | first learned, near
Pcmambuc0, Brazil, of what had actual
ly been done a few weeks before, [ was
too young to fully comprehend the
gravity of the affair, though [ rccollcct
experiencing a certain sense Of indigna-
ton, and this las grown steadily with
the lapse of time. / have not kept the
matter secret through any desire to
shield the guilty parties, but have never
been able, nor am | now able, to discern
how they might have been reached and
punished.
at the close Of the war, in 1866, all
those COnfCdcratcS who had been fight
ing on principle admitted their failure,
laid down their arms and returned to
the peaceful walks OF life, to rebuild, if
possible, the fortunes that had been
wasted. But something like 12O ire
prossiblcs spit upon the amnesty offered
them, and, hcaping mprccations upon
the dcstrOycrs of the institution of
slavery, left the country and became
residents Of Mexico. Proud, i'm Derious
and naughty as these men were, and
never having filled a position other than
n command, their success in the capital
Of the McXicanS was but indifferent. In
short, their incomes could not be made
to equal their expenses, and within five
years fifty Of tho most unfortunate had
returned, broken in spirits, health and
finances, to their native soil.
On the morning of October 4, 1872, l
was sitting atop Of the piling at the edge
of the wharf in Jacksonville, with note
book and pencil i'll hand, scoring down
the dimensions Of certain live oak tim
bCrs and planks as the sCalers measured
them and callod out their cubic con-
tents. Our vessel, the barkontin Maple
Leaf, was being loaded with these tim.
bcrs for use i'll bridge building on the
Panama railroad. For an hour or me-,
tho sailors had bcen watching u small
mll-riggcd brig that had appeared on
the broad, black bosom of the st. Johns
and was slowly making her way to the
pier without the aid of tug, and HAVING
every one OF her patched and dirty soil,
set to catch the almost imperceptiblt
breeze. Along toward evening the YES
sci reached the wharf and tied up, ant
three tall, hard-foatured men, each will
a 8rip8ack in hand, came ashore ant
struck out for the nearest hotel withou
uttoring O word. A black, cmly-haired
man, who seemed to command The little
Drg, was left giving orders in Mexican
to his crew Of three hands.
"HullO, GreaserP called out our cap
tain, who had been watching the whole
proceeding; "why didn't you take, the
tug at the mouth of the river and be
towod up?"
"dc no sabo."
"Dont sabo, oh? How would a good
square drink OF whisky strike you about
this time of day?"
"Si, al Me sabe whisky. Me sabe
damn"